57th Annual Country Music Association Awards

57th Annual Country Music Association Awards
Date	November 8, 2023
Location	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by	Luke Bryan Peyton Manning
Most nominations	Lainey Wilson (9)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC, Hulu

The 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards are set to be held on November 8, 2023, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony will be hosted once again by Luke Bryan with Peyton Manning. The ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC and will be available to stream on Hulu.

Background

On May 16, 2023, the Association announced that multiple CMA award winner Luke Bryan and NFL superstar Peyton Manning would once again return as the hosts for the upcoming ceremony. They also announced their balloting schedule for the 2023 ceremony, as well as the eligibility dates for the nominees, from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.

Winners and nominees

Nominations were announced on September 7, 2023. Lainey Wilson leads in nominations with nine, followed by Jelly Roll with five.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Luke Combs Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood Morgan Wallen Lainey Wilson	Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville — Ashley McBryde Bell Bottom Country — Lainey Wilson Gettin' Old — Luke Combs One Thing at a Time — Morgan Wallen Rolling Up the Welcome Mat — Kelsea Ballerini
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Luke Combs Jelly Roll Cody Johnson Chris Stapleton Morgan Wallen	Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Ashley McBryde Carly Pearce Lainey Wilson
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Lady A Little Big Town  Midland   Old Dominion   Zac Brown Band	Brooks & Dunn   Brothers Osborne   Dan + Shay   Maddie & Tae The War and Treaty
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"Fast Car" — Luke Combs "Heart Like a Truck" — Lainey Wilson "Need a Favor" — Jelly Roll "Next Thing You Know" — Jordan Davis "Wait in the Truck" — HARDY (feat. Lainey Wilson)	"Fast Car" — Tracy Chapman "Heart Like a Truck" — Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Lainey Wilson "Next Thing You Know" — Jordan Davis, Greylan James, Chase McGill and Josh Osborne "Tennessee Orange" — David Fanning, Paul Jenkins, Megan Moroney and Ben Williams "Wait in the Truck" — Renee Blair, Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps and Jordan Schmidt
New Artist of the Year	Musician of the Year
Zach Bryan Jelly Roll Parker McCollum Megan Moroney Hailey Whitters	Jenee Fleenor Paul Franklin Rob McNelley Derek Wells Charlie Worsham
Music Video of the Year	Musical Event of the Year
"Light On in the Kitchen" — Ashley McBryde "Memory Lane" — Old Dominion "Need a Favor" — Jelly Roll "Next Thing You Know" — Jordan Davis "Wait in the Truck" — HARDY (feat. Lainey Wilson)	"Save Me" — Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson "She Had Me at Heads Carolina (Remix)" — Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina "Thank God" — Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown "Wait in the Truck" — HARDY (feat. Lainey Wilson) "We Don't Fight Anymore" — Carly Pearce (feat. Chris Stapleton)

International Awards

The international nominees were announced on September 13, 2023.

International Artist Achievement Award	Global Country Artist Award
Luke Combs Kip Moore Morgan Wallen	Casey Barnes Kaylee Bell Tebey

Industry Awards

• Humanitarian Award: Darius Rucker
• Joe Talbot Award: Jeannie Seely

Performers

The first wave of performers was announced on October 25, 2023. The second wave was announced on November 1, 2023.

Performer(s)	Song(s)
Kenny Chesney Mac McAnally Alan Jackson Zac Brown Band	Jimmy Buffett Tribute Performance
Morgan Wallen Special Guest	—
HARDY Morgan Wallen Post Malone	Country Classics Medley
Kelsea Ballerini	"Leave Me Again"
Luke Combs	"Where the Wild Things Are"
Dan + Shay	"Save Me the Trouble"
Jelly Roll	"Need a Favor"
Jelly Roll K. Michelle	"Love Can Build a Bridge"
Jordan Davis	"Next Thing You Know"
Cody Johnson	"The Painter"
Ashley McBryde	"Light On in the Kitchen"
Old Dominion Megan Moroney	"Can't Break Up Now"
Chris Stapleton	"White Horse"
Carly Pearce Chris Stapleton	"We Don't Fight Anymore"
Tanya Tucker Little Big Town	"Delta Dawn"
Luke Bryan	No. 1 Hits Medley "Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day" "One Margarita" "That's My Kind of Night" "Play It Again" "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)"
The War and Treaty	"That's How Love Is Made"
Lainey Wilson	"Wildflowers and Wild Horses"

Presenters

The presenters for the 57th CMA awards were announced on November 6.

• Paula Abdul
• Bill Anderson
• Nate Bargatze
• Kevin Cahoon
• Jordan Davis
• Cynthia Erivo
• Sara Evans
• Brian Kelley
• Lady A
• Martina McBride
• Parker McCollum
• Craig Morgan
• Darius Rucker
• Corey Seager
• Gerry Turner
• Keith Urban
• Hailey Whitters
• Chris Young

Milestones

• Lainey Wilson becomes the first and only artist to top the nominations list in their first two appearances on the final list of nominees, having also lead the nominations at the previous ceremony. Wilson is the first new female artist to be nominated for Entertainer of the Year since Carrie Underwood received her first nomination in 2016. Wilson is also the first artist to have two nominations in the Single of the Year category in the same year since 2010, when Miranda Lambert's hits "White Liar" and "The House That Built Me" were both nominated.
• Lainey Wilson now ties Merle Haggard and Miranda Lambert for the second most nominations in a single year with nine nominations. Alan Jackson holds the record with 10 in 2002.
• This is the first time in CMA history that two women have been nominated for Entertainer of the Year in four consecutive years.
• Miranda Lambert ties with Martina McBride for the second most nominations in the Female Vocalist of the Year category, with seventeen. Reba McEntire leads with eighteen nominations.
• The War and Treaty became the first African-american duo to be nominated for Duo of the Year, and the first married couple nominated since Thompson Square in 2015. They are also the first gender mixed duo to be nominated since Sugarland in 2018.
• Brooks & Dunn extend their lead for most nominations in the Duo of the Year category, with twenty four.
• Jo Dee Messina receives her first nomination in over two decades. She was last nominated in 2002 for Vocal Event of the Year for her collaboration with Tim McGraw, “Bring On The Rain.”
• If Old Dominion wins Vocal Group of the Year, they will tie the Statler Brothers, Little Big Town, and Rascal Flatts with the longest win streak in the category with six.
• Jay Joyce is now third in most career nominations for Album of the Year with 15, only behind producer Tony Brown (24) and George Strait (19).
• Little Big Town has the longest consecutive nomination streak for Vocal Group. They have been on the final ballot for 18 years in a row since 2006.